Real powers of a ratio of radii #
Scaling arguments compare a quantity on a ball of radius r with the same quantity on a larger
ball of radius R, and the comparison is expressed through real powers of the ratio r / R.
This file collects the rearrangements of such powers that these arguments need.
- A power of
ris a power ofr / Rtimes a power ofR. So a boundc R^a ≤ Mon a dimensionless constant givesr^{2a} c² ≤ (r / R)^{2a} M², and a boundc² R^{d+2a} ≤ Vgivesr^{2a} c² r^d ≤ V (r / R)^{d+2a}. - A power
(r / R)^γof the ratio splits asR^{-γ} r^γ, and shrinking the outer radius by a factorθmultiplies it byθ^{-γ}. - A constant of the form
(R^{d/2+a} Q)², which is the natural scale of anL²quantity on a ball of radiusRin dimensiond, equalsR^d (R^a Q)²and boundsc² R^{d+2a}for0 ≤ c ≤ Q.